Great Branch Teacherage · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0No one from Edisto is on the famous people list yet
Shawnee Smith leads the 47 names listed next door in Orangeburg. No town in South Carolina lists more than Florence, with 54. After Florence, the next longest list in South Carolina is Columbia’s, with 53. In all of South Carolina, the famous people on record come from 206 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Edisto), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Edisto has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Edisto
The fullest list close by belongs to Orangeburg, with 47.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Edisto and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (1)
- Shawnee Smith: rokphotoz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons